Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have seen some marvelous amateur pics taken with a first generation Sigma dSLR (attached to East German "Zeiss" glass). Too heavy to be a nice travel camera, so happy snaps (pretty ones) is probably its niche. Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On Aug 27, 2012, at 19:34, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > The Foveon X3 sensor was 20.7 mm ? 13.8 mm. > It would have been a very hard sell getting serious photographers used to > 24x36mm's or close to go back to that size. It would have had to show > superior results and it didn't even come close. Has anyone heard of anyone > using one to do jobs? Or even happy snaps? Who knows how it would have > looked if they came out with a full sized sensor. > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Jefffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:24:02 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica ME? >> >> The Foveon CCD gives marvelous color results, but is noisy and, even >> worse, >> attached to a camera with write speeds that make you wonder if the camera >> is >> stuck in a do loop. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> Jeffery L. Smith >> New Orleans, Louisiana >> USA >> >> On Aug 27, 2012, at 18:58, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >> >>> The way I see it any image we see nowadays in the media and done by >>> commercial photographers; masters of their craft are done with CMOS >>> sensors. >>> The only cameras without them are medium format digital and small point >>> and >>> shoots. So this distain for the look of CMOS I think can only be found on >>> the LUG. Not in the real world. Its academic in the worst sense. And its >>> not >>> as if we have a choice. If Nikon or Canon or anybody else felt there was >>> some edge they'd get with coming out with a CCD based DSLR or other >>> serious >>> camera in the 24x36mm realm they'd have done so long ago. There isn't so >>> they haven't. These people are not stupid. And they are making highly >>> competitive gear. Its Leicas job to come out with something just a tad >>> better or more. I think the M10 will be clearly that. Much more so than >>> the >>> M9. >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>>> From: Alastair Firkin <afirkin at afirkin.com> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:21:23 -0400 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica ME? >>>> >>>> The CMOS sensor has advantages, but arn't we giving up the 'beauty' of >>>> the >>>> CCD which we have all been praising for so long ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Aug 26, 2012, at 9:41 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I think its phony becuae its saying that BECAUSE it has a CMOS sensor >>>>>> its >>>>>> going to have live view. And video. I'm going to stick my neck out >>>>>> and >>>>>> say >>>>>> both live view and video are very un Leica like and will never been >>>>>> seen >>>>>> in >>>>>> a Leica M. things are just not that bad and I don't think they ever >>>>>> will >>>>>> be. >>>>>> I so have some faith left in the human spirit. >>>>>> So I'm thinking these people must but Gearhead idiots I've never >>>>>> heard o >>>>>> them before. Their next review will be of a compact portable hard disk >>>>>> which >>>>>> backups wireless with a clever blinking light which goes from red to >>>>>> green. >>>>> >>>>> If the damn thing has a Cmos sensor >>>>> it damn well better have live view. >>>>> Obviously a big plus for all sorts of photography; >>>>> not the least of which is the use of R lenses. >>>>> >>>>> While, when turned off, not in anyone's way. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> George Lottermoser >>>>> george at imagist.com >>>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information